The men's 400 metres event at the 2025 Summer World University Games was held in Bochum, Germany, at Lohrheidestadion on 21, 22 and 23 July.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: Record Athlete (nation) Location Date Games record 44.79 Chengdu, China 3 August 2023
Results Heats First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Kira Hirakawa 46.55 2 Jake Palermo 46.56 3 Kago Seshoka 46.80 4 Abou Adama Sane 46.94 , 5 Andreas Wolf 47.50 6 Methawi Kanhaaudom 48.20 7 Daniel Earles 48.40 8 Novruz Asadli 50.24
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Edoardo Scotti 46.81 2 Marcin Karolewski 46.97 3 Lex Revell-Lewis 47.55 4 Nathaniel Dyas 48.49 5 Joseph Okolimo 48.55 6 Jirateep Bundee 49.95 — Muhammad Aidil Azrul
Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Vincent Gendre 46.97 2 Kubilay Ençü 47.29 3 Terrell Thorne 47.40 , 4 47.59 5 Keshawn Igbinosun 47.75 6 Junsung Kim 48.66 — Isuru Welapala Gedara
Heat 4 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Jack Raftery 46.39 2 Matěj Krsek 46.48 3 Matthew Galea Soler 46.82 4 Umar Osman 46.97 5 Isaiah Sayialel 50.05 6 Jhoan Julio Hoyos 50.07 7 Yousuf Al-Malki 51.39 8 Jorge Mendoza Galindo 51.85
Heat 5 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Lythe Pillay 46.25 2 İlyas Çanakçı 46.77 3 Tomáš Grajcarík 47.09 , 4 Mouje Tjazeri 47.75 5 Abhishek 48.58 6 Robin Sapar 48.93 7 Everts Hemmelis 49.45
Heat 6 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Tumisang Shezi 47.08 2 Seungkyun Joo 47.24 3 Chun Ho Chan 47.62 4 Juan Martin Barbas 48.67 5 Juan Esteban Wilches 49.19 6 Santiago Paul Llerena 50.00 — Salim Zubairu Bello — Thomas Reynolds
Heat 7 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Patrik Simon Enyingi 46.59 2 46.83 3 Nayyir Newash-Campbell 47.47 4 Johnson Nyeko 48.26 5 Ian Romeo Estrello 49.59 6 Hussein al Sabaaa 49.99 — Hamzah Abdulla al Jabri
Semi-finals First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Lythe Pillay 45.53 2 Marcin Karolewski 45.92 , 3 Terrell Thorne 46.63 4 Vincent Gendre 46.80 5 İlyas Çanakçı 47.11 6 Seungkyun Joo 47.18 7 Andreas Wolf 47.77 8 Nayyir Newash-Campbell 48.12
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Edoardo Scotti 45.89 2 46.04 3 Jack Raftery 46.07 4 Matěj Krsek 46.16 5 Lex Revell-Lewis 46.47 6 Umar Osman 47.10 7 Kubilay Ençü 47.40 8 Tomáš Grajcarík 47.76
Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Patrik Simon Enyingi 46.06 2 Kira Hirakawa 46.18 3 Matthew Galea Soler 46.63 4 Abou Adama Sane 46.76 5 Kago Seshoka 46.86 6 Chun Ho Chan 47.76— Tumisang Shezi — Jake Palermo
Final Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Lythe Pillay 44.84 Patrik Simon Enyingi 45.41 Edoardo Scotti 45.61 4 Jack Raftery 45.69 5 Matěj Krsek 45.84 6 Marcin Karolewski 46.16 7 46.28 8 Kira Hirakawa 46.68
References